the just released schedules were a flat-out statement that the B10 doesn't believe SOS will matter in playoff selection
OT: New Purdue Pete gets nixed
April 14th, 2011 at 12:08 AM | 
Hide ya kids... Purdue Pete
Hide ya kids... Purdue Pete
April 14th, 2011 at 12:32 AM |
new?
new?
id this the new one or what they are going back to?
April 14th, 2011 at 12:38 AM |
Probably the old one.
Probably the old one.
The new one was a prototype only. I don't think the new costume was ever used at any university events.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
April 14th, 2011 at 9:37 AM |
The new one and the old one:
The new one and the old one:
The new one and the old one:
"Michigan isn't going to lose a game" - Fielding Yost, 1901
April 14th, 2011 at 9:40 AM |
The proposed replacement looks like a vaguely Asian muppet
The proposed replacement looks like a vaguely Asian muppet
and wears Frankenstein boots.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:53 AM |
Neither of them look all that
Neither of them look all that
Neither of them look all that great to begin with. I guess I don't see where the new one is all that much worse than the original.
"[T]here were a lot of people predicting glorious heights for Rich; mostly the same people who are predicting doom and gloom [for Hoke]. Excuse me if I doubt their prognostication skills." -- M-Wolverine
April 14th, 2011 at 10:46 AM |
So you're saying...
So you're saying...
So you're saying Johnny Damon's post-baseball plans have been nixed.
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
April 14th, 2011 at 9:31 PM |
The new one looks like Sparty's and Brutus's illegitimate
The new one looks like Sparty's and Brutus's illegitimate
love child.
The old one looks like just an ordinary child molester.
So, OK I guess.
M'Dog
April 14th, 2011 at 10:39 AM |
You are right, the new Purdue Pete is frightful
You are right, the new Purdue Pete is frightful
Who is the guy on the left with the big hat?
April 14th, 2011 at 12:30 AM |
Purdue Pete is nightmare
Purdue Pete is nightmare
Purdue Pete is nightmare fuel, period.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
April 14th, 2011 at 1:28 AM |
No more than
No more than
No more than say....
....
this guy...
or...
Or this guy...
April 14th, 2011 at 1:30 AM |
Pfft. I eat Buckeyes for
Pfft. I eat Buckeyes for
Pfft. I eat Buckeyes for breakfast.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
April 14th, 2011 at 1:36 AM |
But Brutus is still pretty
But Brutus is still pretty
But Brutus is still pretty scary.
April 14th, 2011 at 1:50 AM |
Brutus isn't scary, he's stupid and overexposed.
Brutus isn't scary, he's stupid and overexposed.
I guess it's different when you grow up in Michigan, but Buckeye hoopla has been all over the place as long as I can remember. Buckeye players and logos are used in TV ads and news broadcasts. Heck, going to class today I saw three different "Beat Michigan" T-shirts. The hot new trend these days is to cover up m's on signs with duct tape so that "Central Campus" on a sign reads "Central Ca=pus," or "Mathematics" reads "=athe=atics." It's frankly embarrasing that the university lets people embellish its signs like that in the name of "school spirit." Maybe after a week or two but come on, campus signs have been taped up like that since at least August.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
April 14th, 2011 at 9:36 AM |
Not to an Ohio Bobcat...
Not to an Ohio Bobcat...
Not to an Ohio Bobcat...
Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05
Space bitches, space.
April 14th, 2011 at 1:37 AM |
Wait...
Wait...
You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
"I'm here with my friend, the zombie, Johnathon. Michigan is in the Final Four for the first time in 20 years, what do you think?"
"I like turtles."
April 14th, 2011 at 1:49 AM |
Not bad.
Not bad.
Not bad at all.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
April 14th, 2011 at 11:08 AM |
The real question...
The real question...
Is do you like toitals?
Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:44 AM |
Sparty and Brutus look like
Sparty and Brutus look like
Sparty and Brutus look like happy, normal mascots. Pete on the other hand looks like he wants to kill you and wear you as a skin suit.
For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, Go Blue.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:17 AM |
looks like he wants to kill you and wear you as a skin suit.
looks like he wants to kill you and wear you as a skin suit.
From an ESPN article:
"Why the makeover for Purdue Pete?
He's scaring the children.
"Look, I'm the one who gets the phone calls from parents who say that big face scares their 3-year-old," said Morgan Burke, athletic director."
I think this could be the basis for a dynamite episode on "Criminal Minds."
April 14th, 2011 at 11:39 AM |
But isn't the whole point of
But isn't the whole point of
But isn't the whole point of having a mascot to appeal to children? I don't think adults care that much about people in furry costumes.
April 14th, 2011 at 9:47 PM |
Fuck, I hate Brutus the
Fuck, I hate Brutus the
Fuck, I hate Brutus the Buckeye. The Ohio cougar is my hero!
"They will meet a dastardly fate here for that! There isn't a Michigan Man who wouldn't like go out and scalp those Buckeyes right now."
April 14th, 2011 at 2:42 AM |
The history of Purdue Pete
The history of Purdue Pete
April 14th, 2011 at 7:30 AM |
(No subject)
(No subject)
"Runnnn!!! get to da choppa"
April 14th, 2011 at 10:16 AM |
Inmates running the asylum
Inmates running the asylum
So State and PU spend money on research, development, market research, and prototypes only to shit can the whole project when their respective fan base gives them the big FU?
"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
April 14th, 2011 at 11:59 AM |
Reminiscent of the GAP
Reminiscent of the GAP
Reminiscent of the GAP logo:
You win some, you lose some. But you live... you live to fight another day.
April 14th, 2011 at 1:29 PM |
Dear lord that gap logo was
Dear lord that gap logo was
Dear lord that gap logo was an abomination. I dearly there was some righteous screaming over that nonsense.
April 14th, 2011 at 3:14 PM |
http://craplogo.me/
http://craplogo.me/
"[T]here were a lot of people predicting glorious heights for Rich; mostly the same people who are predicting doom and gloom [for Hoke]. Excuse me if I doubt their prognostication skills." -- M-Wolverine
April 14th, 2011 at 10:20 AM |
Happy
Happy
This is one of the reasons that I am happy Michigan does not have an on field mascot.
You can sum up this sport in two words, 'You never know.'
April 14th, 2011 at 10:28 AM |
I could get behind Michigan
I could get behind Michigan
I could get behind Michigan having a real wolverine on the sidelines though. Heck, they could have one of the cages like the Raptor cage in Jurassic Park on a shaker table with a sound board.
April 14th, 2011 at 10:56 AM |
I read about Fielding Yost
I read about Fielding Yost
I read about Fielding Yost arranging to have a live wolverine be wheeled around the big house at games in the early 30's. He was inspired to do that after Wisconsin had made it a habit of wheeling a caged badger at their home games...(most likely the only time we copied Wisconsin in anything).
I believe that little tradition only lasted a couple years because it was too much of a hassle trying to get the wolverine in it's cage without being, you know, mauled to death.
But if they ever want to try it these days, I think those 2 wolverines still live at the Detroit Zoo. An MSU fan who works there named them "Sparty" and "Bucky."
Go Blue! Always!
April 14th, 2011 at 11:44 AM |
1927
1927
"Bennie" and "Biff" were introduced that year to commemorate the opening of Michigan Stadium. The concept was soon scrapped, as wolverines don't like being caged.
April 14th, 2011 at 11:54 AM |
I'm still with the guy...
I'm still with the guy...
I'm still with the guy that suggested the Jurassic Park-style cage. We can just get one of those big metal moving crates they used on Ilsa Nublar. The only guy that will have to worry about being mauled is the gatekeeper.
Gatekeepahhhh!!!!
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RAWR!
Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.
April 14th, 2011 at 1:34 PM |
I see what you did there...
I see what you did there...
...clever girl.
2011 Totals: 3 Cracker Jack, 1 Mike & Ike, 0 Candy Corn.
April 15th, 2011 at 1:30 AM |
Aaaaaw that wolverine is just
Aaaaaw that wolverine is just
Aaaaaw that wolverine is just so darn cute I can't stand it!
Abort, Retry, Fail?
April 14th, 2011 at 10:47 AM |
old Purdue Pete
old Purdue Pete
Is it just me, or does the old Purdue Pete look like Kevin Mchale?
"A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish"
April 14th, 2011 at 2:43 PM |
Good call:
Good call:
Good call:
April 14th, 2011 at 11:12 AM |
Pete...
Pete...
They should have made PP either with an angry face, or a happy one -- pick one or the other, and go with it. Instead, they opted for some strange hybrid of both with an incredibly disturbing & vacant stare.
Look into PP's eyes; there is nothing there. They are dead. These are the eyes of a serial killer.
Obviously you're not a golfer.
April 14th, 2011 at 12:05 PM |
New, Old
New, Old
They still both remind me of the Murray's Auto Parts guy, in a terrifying, childhood nightmares sort of way.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
April 14th, 2011 at 2:31 PM |
Thank goodness "Willy The Wolverine" was scrapped
Thank goodness "Willy The Wolverine" was scrapped
IIRC the concept of a walkaround costume mascot was proposed ~1990. It was almost as dorky looking as the fake Michigan mascot being pummeled by MSU fans that made it onto that Bryant Gumbel HBO show.
And much dumber than the Willy The Wolverine that prowls the sidelines at Grove City College in PA (red wings/stripes on white helmets btw):
April 14th, 2011 at 10:38 PM |
That's not too bad but it
That's not too bad but it
That's not too bad but it doesn't look like a wolverine. Looks more like a wolf who died his hair slightly blonde.
April 14th, 2011 at 4:30 PM |
I honestly cant tell the
I honestly cant tell the
I honestly cant tell the difference? It just looks like the new one ate a shit ton of pizzas and played WoW for a year straight.
Blue is Faster
April 15th, 2011 at 1:31 AM |
So Purdue Pete finally
So Purdue Pete finally
So Purdue Pete finally finished freshman year?
Abort, Retry, Fail?
April 14th, 2011 at 7:17 PM |
WTF, purdue?
no srsly, WTF.
WTF, purdue?
no srsly, WTF.
WTF, purdue?
no srsly, WTF. ANSWER ME PURDUE!
Harvard: The MICHIGAN of the East
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
April 14th, 2011 at 7:46 PM |
Purdue...
Purdue...
Purdue has that damn train already, why don't they just get rid of the stupid, creepy head? The body is just some football player, I don't think they make boilers wearing pads...
It's not really even a full-scale mascot. It's like the kid that went out on Halloween with the Spiderman mask and his winter jacket over the rest. Not a full costume - not a real mascot.
Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.
April 14th, 2011 at 10:39 PM |
So you're saying it's not a
So you're saying it's not a
So you're saying it's not a mask at all but that dude from that Cher and Sam Elliot movie?
Hide ya kids... Purdue Pete is back in town.